Lawyers representing U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen lampooned the Turkish government on Friday, calling Ankara’s allegations that the 75-year-old imam helped orchestrate the failed July 15 coup “absurd” and “crazy.”
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon participated in the Olympic Torch Relay in Rio de Janeiro this morning as the historic torch, after having made its journey from Greece, is just hours away from lighting the Olympic Flame.
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Antonio Guterres encounters first sign of trouble in campaign to succeed Ban Ki-moon as two anonymous members of U.N. Security Council discourage him from pursuing top U.N. job.
Some 400 people have been killed in a massive drug crackdown in the Philippines. Now the government claims to have 500,000 people in custody.
Syrians stranded at a sealed border with Jordan have received life-saving food and other supplies from the United Nations in a unique operation that saw aid hoisted by crane and monitored by drones across the closed frontier.
Two-and-a-half years into South Sudan’s fighting, the U.N. might finally make it illegal to sell tanks and attack helicopters to the combatants.
The PLA has emerged from the darkness of 1989 to reclaim the hearts of the masses.
For the first time in five months, convoys from the United Nations refugee agency have reached non-Government controlled areas in Luhansk, in the easternmost part of Ukraine, carrying much- needed construction materials, kitchen sets and items for use in winter for thousands of people affected by the conflict.
The 2016 race has in many ways become about the military, but in ways no one predicted.
Brazil's Olympics have been off to a messy start, and it seems like they're only getting worse.
Beijing has lashed out at neighbors and the U.S. after losing in a landmark international tribunal.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the European Union (EU) Commission for its 50 million euro contribution to the multinational task force, created by Lake Chad Basin countries – Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria – and Benin to combat Boko Haram insurgents in the sub-region.
A lire une partie de la presse, le processus de destitution de la présidente Dilma Rousseff, enclenché le 17 avril par un vote du Parlement, témoignerait de la vigueur de la jeune démocratie brésilienne. C'est tout le contraire. En renonçant à réformer le système politique du pays, la gauche a armé le (...)
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Aleppo Burns, Do Hackers Heart Clinton?; Tehran Critics; And Lots More
Warsaw may have finally thrown a wrench into the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Moscow's controversial plan to double down on its dominance of Europe’s energy supplies.
The United Nations human rights chief today deplored the execution of 20 people in Iran this week for purported terrorism-related offences.
The tech giant to offer up to $200,000 for developers who find flaws in its mobile operating system.
Vitaly Mutko may be responsible for one of the worst scandals in Olympic history. Here’s why he still has his job — for now.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today paid a visit to the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he encouraged refugee athletes to show the world their strengths.
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